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Sunday, August 7, 2022

බොහෝ අය වැඩි වටිනාකමක් දීමට ,ප්‍රසිද්ධියක් දීමට උත්සාහ දරණුයේ පිටතට වංචා කළ .සොරකම් කළ සොර දෙටු දෙමවුපියන්ගේ /පුද්ගලයන්ගේ මායාකාරී ,ව්‍යාජ සෙනහසවල්වලට මිසක සමාජයට මෙන්ම තම ආදරණීයයන්ට අවංකව ආදරය /සෙනහස පුදන සාධාරණව ජීවත් වන අයට නොවේ (උපුටා ගැනීමකි )

Saturday, August 6, 2022

All Schools To Be Held Only Three Days In The Coming Week

Due to the insufficient Transport facilities available in the Country as a result of the fuel crisis ,the Ministry of Education had directed all the Government and Private schools to function only three days for this week as well .

Accordingly all the Government and Private schools will be held this week only on Monday ,Tuesday and Wednesday and will be able to engage online learning activities on Friday (12th of August ) as the Poya day falls on this Thursday (11) the Ministry has announced .

However the schools in other areas where there's no transport related challenges can be held four days a week during the coming week with the consent of regional director education the Ministry has further stated .

Protesters At Galle Face Protest Site Refused To Leave The Site -Challenged The Authorities To Remove Them If Possible -Held A Massive Protest At Nugegoda

The Protesters at the Galle Face Protest Site "Gota Go Gama" had challenged the law enforcement authorities to try to send them away if possible as they are not ready to leave the site .

According to the activists of the Protest site the "Aragalaya " or the protest is being successful up to now as it manage to send the Executive President Gotabhya Rajpakshe home as well as all the Rajapakshe family members from positions including former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapajse ,Finance Minister Basil Rajapakshe and Sports Minister Namal Rajapakshe as well as elder brother of the Rajapakshe family Chamal Rajapakshe from his Ministerial post .

The Galle face protesters held a massive protest march and a rally in Nugegoda (Colombo City ) yesterday against the present government of President Ranil Wikramaisnghe and to the State of Emergency act ,Anti Terrorism Act and abductions under the theme "The protest is not over -Will not turn away until it is successful ".Tens of thousands of people had joined this protest march and the rally held at the Ananda Samarakoon memorial open theater in Nugegoda last evening which the organizers says a rehearsal for the massive protest they are planning to hold in Colombo this Tuesday (09)/.

Earlier Colombo Fort Police had issued several notices for the Galle face protesters last week to leave the protest site before 5 p.m on last Friday (05) ,However only few groups at the protest site had left the site as a result whilst removing the tents they have put up there .The majority of the protesters located at the site refused to leave from there based on notices issued by the Police .

Few activists had filed three writ applications before the Court of Appeal last Thursday (04) seeking an interim order suspending the Police order directing protesters to vacate the Galle face protest site .As a result the Attorney Genera has given an undertaking to the Court of Appeal that no action outside legal procedures will be taken against the temporary structures at the Gotagohome "protest site at Galle face until 10th of August .

Litro Gas To Reduce The Price Of LP Gas From Tomorrow (08)

The Litro Gas Company which had promised local consumers that the company will reduce the price of a LP Gas cylinder last Friday now says it will reduce the price of a Gas Cylinder with effect from midnight tomorrow(08) .

Accordingly the Price of a 12.5 Kilo Gramme LP Gas Cylinder will be reduced by more than Rs.200 based on the Price formula introduced for Gas by the Ministry of Finance and the Consumer Affairs Authority .However the price which will be reduced the Gas Cylinder not yet been revealed .Some sources have stated that the price of a 12.5 KG Gas cylinder will be reduced by more than Rs.200 .

Chairman of the Litro Gas Company Muditha Pieris has stated that the Litro Gas Company currently has enough stocks of Gas to ensure that the queues will not be formed in future .